Home Health/Stay Suites RN - PRN - NIGHT SHIFT
Job Category: Nursing
Requisition Number: HOMEH005588
Posted: August 23, 2024
Part-Time
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Our Registered Nurse performs home health nursing care for patients across the Postoperative period by providing home health nursing services from admission, through a 48-hour recovery stage in our residential suites, and into the client’s permanent residence up until discharge.
Our unique care delivery model, guided by our proprietary software, helps you deliver patient recovery care with a focus on enhancing surgical recovery while minimizing potential for complications. As the RN, you will be clinically competent while delivering care to patients utilizing the nursing process of assessment, planning, intervention, implementation, and evaluation. You will set priorities in planning care and making clinical decisions during this delivery model. Our RNs are a resource for complex decision making and establish individualized plans of care for patients. For Home Health clients assigned to his/her care, and in accordance with standards of practice, the Registered Nurse (RN) is responsible for agency client initial and ongoing assessments. He/she works with the client in the development and implementation of the plan of service and evaluates its effectiveness.
Essential Functions
- Ability to set priorities and organize workload
- Interpret information to identify each patient’s requirements for care relative to his/her specific needs
- Coordinate care activities to foster self-care ability via Home Health services
- Deliver competence in technical, critical thinking, and communication skills in patient care to a culturally diverse patient population
- Adhere to policies, procedures, safety programs, standards of behavior, mission, vision, values, and customer service expectations
- Accurate and timely nursing documentation of the patient's condition and care
- Supervise and direct activities of other care providers
- Act as a patient advocate and maintain patient confidentiality
- Maintain licensure according to state agency directives
- Prepare, administer, and record prescribed medications or provide oversight to patient self-delivered medications
- Report adverse reactions to medications or treatments in accordance with the policy
- Record all care information concisely, accurately, and completely
- Initiate patient education plan and teach patients how to manage their post-treatment home care needs
- Assist in managing inventory of supplies
- Perform other duties as requested by management
- Adhere to Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) professional standards
- 1+ years RN experience within a Hospital, ASC, or Home Health setting
- Active RN license
- BCLS Certification
- Critical thinking skills, decisive judgment, and the ability to work with minimal supervision
- Must be able to work in a fast-paced environment
- Follow Standard Precautions using personal protective equipment as required
- A sense of humor is a must!
Preferred but not Required
- ACLS Certification
- Orthopedic experience
- BSN, Critical Care, and/or PACU experience
- Customer/Client Focus
- Teamwork Orientation
- Problem Solving/Analysis
- Learning Orientation
- Ethical Conduct
- Stress Management/Composure
- Discretion
Physical Demands & Work Environment
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job the employee is frequently required to sit, converse, and listen; use hands to touch, handle, or feel objects; and to reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to walk. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.
The noise level in the work environment is typical of an office environment and, as such, is considered moderate.
The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
Life is short. Do something that matters!
We are building an extraordinary company that helps people live a better life. We have a strong belief that our people are the most important part of our business. We incorporate this philosophy into our practices and we live it every day. The experience is a two-way exchange. We expect you to give us your best every day, and you can expect the same from us. In exchange for your talent, energy, and unique contributions, we will strive to give you what you need to live a balanced, healthy life. This means more than competitive pay and benefits—it means offering the freedom and flexibility to create your ideal experience inside and outside the office.
We are proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. We are committed to equal opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, gender, gender identity, parental or pregnancy status, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or Veteran status. We value a diverse team.
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